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Posted by Kris Krieger on February 17, 2008, 2:47 am
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>> TheRebarGuy wrote:
>>> rebar and concrete, because it keeps food on the table.
>>> :-)
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>> Get atta here! (pushes rebarguy in the shoulder)
>> ;P
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>> (...Problem is, you need a jackhammer to eat.)
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> I likez me sum plywood man.
> Its a universal product, can be used for just about everything if you
> have a creative mind.
> What are glulams but glued up plys of wood, right?
> If you start to think of it in that way the arrays are limitless.
> Plywood rulz the world!
It *is* versatile. I suppose you could make just about any shape, given
enough of the stuff. create a skeleton of any shape you want that coudl
then be covered with various other materials.
SOme interesting and/or bizarre paper sculpture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardsweeney/sets/72057594105588057/
OK, too way-out for living spaces, but the point is about plasticity of
form so to speak.
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>>>> What would you say is your favorite architectural material (1) to
>>>> use in your own designs and (2) to see used in designs? Why/what
>>>> do you like about it (or them)?
>>>>
>>>> I guess it'd also help to also differntiate residential-project
>>>> materials
>>>> from large-scale/commercial maerials.
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>>>> No scientific survey, I'm just curious ;)
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